Improvement in horseshoes



J. STICKNEY.

Horse-Shoes.

N0. 133,549, Patented Dec.3,|872.

JEREMIAH STICKNEY, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

lMPROVEMNT IN HORSESHOES.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH STICKNEY, of Manchester, in the county ot'Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Horseshoes and do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure l denotes an under-side view Fig.Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, a top view of a horseshoe constructed inaccordance with my improvement; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section onthe line .r .fr of Fig. 3.

My present invention, like that patented by me on the 7th day of May,1872, is especially designed for horses having contracted hoofs ortender feet; its object being to furnish a shoe which, while possessingall the advantages of the said patented shoe, shall more ef fectuallyresist the abrading action of the ground or pavement, andtherebyincrease the elfectiveness and durability of the shoe; and my inventionconsists in combining with the said patented shoe or the leather portionthereoi'a cast-steel or metallic shoe, having studs or rivets projectingtherefrom, and by which the leather is rmly secured to the under surfaceof the steel portion. My invention is an improved article ofmanufacture, and termed by'me the combination shoe, composed 'of one ormore pieces of leather and a cast-steel or metallic shoe, so combined asto form a single article of commerce.

I am aware that horseshoes composed wholly of metal as well as entirelyof leather have been made 5 but I am not aware that the two have been soconstructed and combined as to constitute a unitary article ofmerchandise. I am further aware that strips or plates of leather havebeen placed across the hollow of a horses hoof, and a metallic shoedisposed over the edges of the same, and the whole nailed together tothe hoof. I am also aware that pads or cushions of leather and Indiarubber have also been placed between the shoe and hooi` of an animal;but such were not connect-V ed with the shoe so as to form a partthereof. Such I do not claim.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,549, dated December3, 1872.

In carrying out my invention I cut or die out, in accordance with thethickness of the elastic cushion desired, and by means of a die of therequisite shape, one or more pieces or plates of leather, having theform as shown in Fig. 3. These pieces or plates I next reduce to an eventhickness 5 and next pass them through or between compression-rollers,so as to condense the same more or less. The face or tread of the shoe Imake of metalpreferably of cast-steel-and with four or any othersuitable or desirable number of studs projecting from the under surfacethereof and at right angles thereto. These studs pass through holes madein the leather, and are upset on the latter, thus firmly connecting therigid and the yielding parts of the shoe together. The metallic or rigidpart of the shoe has a series of elongated rectangular holes, d, madethrough the same, of a size sufficient to receive the heads of the nailsand allow them to sink below the surface thereof, the nails, when driven, being held mainly by the leather or inside portion of the shoe. Theleather, being elastic, becomes a spring to some extent, so that thenails, in clinching, cannot be drawn too tightly, as is often the casewith the metallic shoe as ordinarily constructed.

In` the said drawing, A denotes the steel or metallic portion of theshoe, and a a., 8vo., the series of rivets or studs cast thereon 5 B,the lining or leather portion of the shoe. b b, &c., are the nail-holesformed in the part A, and c c arerholes formed through the lining orleather part `of the shoe, the same being to allow of the properventilation and cleaning of the frog.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1s The above-describedhorseshoe, composed of the metallic part A, constructed as specified,and provided with studs a a, Sto., and the leather lining B, combinedand: connected together substantially as set forth, as an improvedarticle of manufacture.

JEREMIAH STICKNEY. Witnesses:

F. P. HALE, F. O. HALE.

